| Abstract (in English) | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract (in Chinese) | 第6-8页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第8-11页 |
| Abbreviations | 第11-12页 |
| Introduction | 第12-15页 |
| Chapter One: The Birth of Noah Webster's lexicography | 第15-20页 |
| ·The Background Situation | 第15-16页 |
| ·An American Dictionary of the English Language | 第16-17页 |
| ·The Dictionary War in the United States | 第17-20页 |
| Chapter Two: The Principles and Practice of Noah Webster's lexicography | 第20-31页 |
| ·Principles of Prescriptivism | 第21-22页 |
| ·Inclusion of a Large Number of Americanisms | 第22-25页 |
| ·Simplified Spelling and Pronunciation | 第25页 |
| ·Precise and Fuller Definitions | 第25-28页 |
| ·Richer Citations | 第28-29页 |
| ·Inclusion of Encyclopedic Information | 第29-30页 |
| ·Etymologically Arranged Senses | 第30-31页 |
| Chapter Three: The Development of Webster's Principles and Practice | 第31-56页 |
| ·The Principles and Practice of Johnson's Lexicography | 第31-35页 |
| ·Webster's Development of Johnson's Principles and Practice | 第35-44页 |
| ·Johnson's Principles and Practice Inherited by Webster | 第35-38页 |
| ·Webster's Development of Johnson's Principles and Practice | 第38-44页 |
| ·Webster's Lexicography Developed | 第44-56页 |
| ·The Family of Webster's Dictionaries | 第44-47页 |
| ·W3(1961) | 第47-54页 |
| ·Trends of Webster's Development in Dictionary-making | 第54-56页 |
| Chapter Four: The Influence of Webster's Lexicography | 第56-67页 |
| ·On American English Dictionaries | 第56-58页 |
| ·On British English Dictionaries | 第58-61页 |
| ·Similarities of Webster's Dictionaries with British Dictionaries | 第60-61页 |
| ·Differences between Webster's Dictionaries and British Dictionaries | 第61页 |
| ·On the Making of the English-Chinese Dictionary | 第61-67页 |
| ·Webster's Influence on the Making of the English-Chinese Dictionary | 第63-65页 |
| ·Differences between Webster's Dictionaries and the English-Chinese Dictionary | 第65-67页 |
| Conclusion | 第67-69页 |
| Works Cited | 第69-72页 |
| Dictionaries Analyzed in the Text | 第72-73页 |
